This article will also be published in the Megamorphosis “Power” Issue #11 in early October, 2020 It is hard to block out the noise. Every day it seems to get louder. The voices of seeming friend and foe are confused…
Every once in a while, I'll use the phrase "re-parenting". I think of that when I meet someone who has had a really rough time in life and, most of the time by their own admission, could use some "re-parenting"…
I wrote this to our William Jessup University Community (www.jessup.edu) this past week as we grapple with the pain of these hours: Dear Jessup Community, Words are not our first priority right now. Love is. Compassion is. Understanding is. Like…
Churches and Counties Working Together for Public Health COVID-19 has changed so much. But, the best of our lives have not changed.  We are strong and a resilient people and heroes are emerging from our midst every day. We…
April 28, 2020 SACRAMENTO — Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, and Dr. John Jackson, president of William Jessup University, release the following statement calling California leaders to allow churches in the state to begin opening their doors…
Presence Matters. Touch Matters. Connection Matters. The presence of God changes everything. Moses said he would not go anywhere without the presence of God and the Psalmist begged God not to remove him from His presence (Exodus 33:15, Psalm 51:11)…
Full disclosure here. Ever since the COVID-19 crisis has been brewing, I have been praying not just to flatten the curve but for the Strong Name of Jesus to #breakthecurve. I believe the curve and the coronavirus will be defeated…
Holy Week that first century must have seemed like just another week under Roman occupation. Yet another insurrectionist had been tried and crucified at Roman hands; this one at the urging of the Jewish religious leaders. Everything, even in the…
Previous articles have examined structural and general leadership barriers to church growth. In this article, we want to examine some specific barriers for church growth at different sizes. Carl George & Warren Bird wrote the classic book on this topic,…
I wrote this article several years ago when I was pastoring a church plant in NV that was a miracle experience: Lasting life change is what spiritual leadership is all about. Pastors and Christian business people often want to be…